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I wouldn't call it a perfect signing, but Zito gets to stay in the Bay Area, which is what I assumed he wanted the whole time. He's a west coast surfer dude kind of guy, so he'll be comfortable there. Plus he's in the NL now in the shittiest division in baseball, so his numbers will most likely improve.
On the Flip side, the Giants are insane. Zito is not a #1 starter by no means anymore. I mean he'll be that on the Giants, but he's not even a top 10 pitcher out there. I Love Barry Zito, but I'm not going to pass him off as an elite player. That money is crazy, especially for a team struggling all over the place. They give all this money to one guy when they could build there team up at a few positions for that money.
I dunno, we'll see in a couple years whether it was worth it. But I'm going to say no way.
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